Portions

Last night I made ravioli for dinner. When I bought the bag, it said it was for three servings. I cooked them and put them onto a plate. It looked like one serving. It was so small that I had to make spaghetti to add to the mushroom sauce to make it into two dinners. Who makes the decision of portion size? It seemed more like it was for a toddler.

Fact Check

I never argue a point unless I know the facts first. My front office staff does not want to perform certain work related duties for the new nutty doctor. She says that it is their responsibility. They say that a trained person needs to make these calls. She says that if they read the patient chart, they are qualified. My boss agreed with the staff. It is now becoming a power play. I told my boss that before she argues the point she needs to call the New York State Medical Society and ask them. I was delegated to make the call and I did. It seems that the nutty doctor is correct. She pays monthly for office staff and she is well within her right to ask for certain calls to be made.

No Memory

I had a blog all ready to write this morning. I had the topic and the wording. I formulated it just as I woke up. As I sat down to begin to type it, I had no idea what it was. I have totally forgotten what I wanted to say. It has only been 20 minutes since I woke up and nothing earth shattering has happened to distract my mind. I know the basics of what it would was, but the precise thoughts have disappeared. I hate when that happens.

Good Marketing

After the last snowstorm, I went outside to see that the snowplow had hit my car. The driver's side front bumper had the paint sliced off of it. I was very upset. A car that had no marks or scratches was now damaged. I told this story to my son. My grandson was with us at the time. He wanted to add to the conversation because he said he had something important to say. When we stopped talking, we let him tell us what was so important. He said, "If you have an accident, you have to call Cellino and Barnes". We started to laugh. He does not watch a lot of television but the song must have stuck in his head. Whoever created the commercial made it catchy enough for a 5 year old to remember. What great marketing. 

The Egg

I was watching a cooking show the other day and the topic was eggs. I began to think about the meaning of an egg. An egg can represent our lives and our relationships. If you hold it too tight, it will crumble. If you do not have any hold on it, it will slip through your hand, fall to the ground and crack into pieces. Sometimes relationships are hard and sometimes they get scrambled. The trick is to be careful and realize that they are fragile. They need to be cared for in just the right way. Then they will be sunny side up.

Lions and Lambs

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Today that is holding true. After a mild winter I woke up to snow. It doesn't look too bad but it does seem a bit lionish. Things will warm up later in the week and all of the snow will be gone. Lions and lambs. They go hand in hand and we relate them to one another. They start with the same letter and have the same amount of characters in their words. They are both animals that roam free, but if they lived on the same territory there would be trouble. The

First Call

We all have someone in our life that is the designated "First Call". It could be a family member or a close friend. The title describes the job duty. You are the first person to receive a call when either something good or bad happens. It is a no brainer and your hand automatically dials this person. There can be many other important people on the list, but there can only be one first call. This person has become the first call because they know how to handle it. They can offer compassion or courage, depending on the situation. By doing the job well, they remain in it. Years ago, I was watching an entertainment show and a movie star said that something upsetting happened to her and she realized that she had no "first call" person. She had people to call, but not the one that would console her from the heart. It always stuck with me that someone who everyone thinks has it all, really had nothing. If you do not have a first call person, life can be lonely.